DIRTY TRICKS: Neil Coyle claims he has been smeared by Labour Party staff

Neil Coyle, Labour candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, was alleged to have been abusive towards Labour party staff.

The party’s former chief whip, Nick Brown, was reported to have launched an investigation into the allegations.

But Brown has exonerated Coyle telling Daily Star Online there never was an investigation into the allegations.

In a statement addressed to Coyle, he said: “'I can confirm that neither I nor the Labour Party Parliamentary Whips Office are conducting any sort of investigation into you (nor has there been any such investigation in thepast).”